Comments on: BBC’s Cranford: it’s a classic

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:55:24 +0000

Aloha from the Big Island of Hawai’i!

My paternal ancestors came from Vale of Glamorgan– via Cheshire. I loved this series and will hate to see it go!!

Many mahalo for the charming visit to the town of Cranford.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:09:51 +0000

BBC drama’s are always the BEST!!!! Attention to period
detail, mores, costumes. We have nothing like that here
in America, However would dearly like to see Poldark 3
with Robin Ellis, Angharrd Rees and others before I
die.

Thanks to all who read this.

By: Cheshire

Cheshire — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:53:47 +0000

Quote: “If the BBC can rig phone-ins, it is hardly going to balk at replacing a Cheshire village with a Wiltshire village, is it?”
Haha, I like your way of thinking Nice article ty.
Web design & Internet marketing in Chester, Cheshire.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:02:26 +0000

In defence of Lacock, it is a beautiful village and it’s population is used to the disturbance of the filming of period drama… Pride & Prejudice, Henry VIII, Emma and the Other Boleyn Girl. Also, being just off the M4, must make it more attractive to a largely London-based film crew! It is also easy to see that it would not require very much alteration to resemble a 17th Century town, with deep pavements and very few modern alterations being made to the houses, such as double glazing etc. I have never been to Knutsford, but perhaps one day I will have the chance to go and balance my presently lop-sided opinion!

By: Allan Hall

Allan Hall — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:19:15 +0000

A complete delight – of course… but Max Davidson’s question (Does the shift from Cheshire to Wiltshire matter?) needs some qualification. The geology is all wrong! The stone-built houses of Lacock could surely not be found anywhere in Cheshire, a county with very little local building stone (hence the large amounts of brick and the goodly number of half-timbered houses) and a bedrock of bright red sandstone, not beige limestone or white chalk. And is that church flint-built? I contend that it DOES matter in recreating time and place, as much as the getting the dimity and the bonnets right…

By: K.Martin

K.Martin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:44:19 +0000

What can I say “Cranford is just great, Well done BBC really look forward to Sunday nights now, nobody does this tpye of program better than the BBC.
Regards
K.Martin

By: stephen smith

stephen smith — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:05:47 +0000

I do not usually do period costume dramas, but Cranford has blown me away. It was the location amongst other things that drew me. Having watched the first episode I am totally hooked.
Thank you very much for producing such a quality drama. It has it’s lighter moments and gives a tremendous insight as to life in those days.
I am an avid fan now.
Steve Smith.